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The Gombe State Executive Council has approved the creation of two additional ministries, bringing the number to 20. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Alhaji Umar Ahmed Sulaiman Nafada, while addressing newsmen said […]

An Emirates flight en route from India appeared to catch fire while making an emergency landing at Dubai International airport on Wednesday, CNN reports. “We can confirm flight EK521 from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai has been […]

Some Nigerians working with an American oil and gas service firm, Weatherford International have raised the alarm over gross abuse of local laws and sharp practices being perpetrated by the Nigerian subsidiary of the company, […]

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, arrived Lagos today on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa. Zuckerberg, who was at the Co-Creation Hub in Yaba Tuesday evening, said he was in Nigeria to learn about the startup […]

The Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Sen. Hamman Misau, on Wednesday criticised his colleagues for disclosing issues discussed at executive sessions to newsmen. Speaking on a point-of-order and citing Order 43 of the Senate’s […]

Immediately after the killing of a suspected car snatcher in Adamawa by an angry mob on Wednesday, the state police command has cautioned members of the public against jungle justice. In a statement in Yola […]

A herbalist, Tunde Banjo, and an alfa, Nurudeen Adeniyi, have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing a 16-year-old-girl, identified only as Olayinka. They were reportedly arrested in Ijebu […]

More than 30,000 broken and failed marriages were recorded in Badagry area of Lagos State between January and September 2016, an NGO, Family Reloaded Organisation, said on Wednesday. The organisation’s Coordinator, Mrs Sesi Sebinun, told […]

The Presidential Amnesty Office on Friday said 22 beneficiaries of its foreign education programme had graduated as Aircraft Maintenance Engineers and had returned to the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta […]

The Presidency said yesterday that over 90% of the 200,000 unemployed graduates selected in the first batch of the N-Power Volunteer Corps, NPVC, have been verified using the Bank Verification Number, BVN. Senior Special Assistant […]

Former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has declared that she would not serve in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, even if invited. She said she cannot serve the Buhari administration because there are […]

The National Judicial Council of Nigeria has presented its position to the public regarding the actions of the Department of State Security against judges whose houses were raided last week across the country. The position […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed optimism that more of the kidnapped Chibok girls will be released after 21 of them were freed by Boko Haram on Thursday. Buhari spoke at a joint press conference […]

Mr Issa Aremu, General Secretary, National Union of Textile and Garment Workers of Nigeria, on Monday urged ex-governor Adams Oshiomhole to shun the N200 million pension approved for him by the Edo State Assembly. […]

Pastor E. A Adeboye has named Pastor Joseph Obayemi as General Overseer in charge of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Nigeria. Adeboye will continue to lead on several major RCCG engagements across […]